Patents by Inventor Anthony Andrew Reeder

Anthony Andrew Reeder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling call acceptance in a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6192031
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling call acceptance in a telecommunications network. The volume of traffic being handled at a node of the network is periodically measured. For each measurement, a corresponding one of a set of storage locations is identified and the value stored in the identified location is incremented. An index of variation of measurement distribution is determined from the stored values in the set. In the event that the determined index exceeds a threshold value, calls for that node are re-routed or rejected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Anthony Andrew Reeder, Michael Anthony Gell, Rolando Antonio Carrasco, Dominic Piers Greenwood
  • Operating apparatus
    Patent number: 6141652
    Abstract: A method of operating apparatus for value, the apparatus being connected to a telecommunications channel, includes the steps of transmitting a forward message from the apparatus to a remote location via the telecommunications channel; receiving a corresponding return message from the remote location via the telecommunications channel; verifying the return message to determine whether it is authentic; and, if so; permitting the operation of the apparatus; and, if not; inhibiting the operation of the apparatus. A method of charging for the operation of apparatus connected to a telecommunications channel is also disclosed including the steps of; receiving a forward message from the apparatus via the telecommunications channel; verifying the forward message to determine whether it corresponds to a predetermined apparatus; and, if so; transmitting a return message to the apparatus via the telecommunications channel; and generating a charge to an entity associated with the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventor: Anthony Andrew Reeder
  • Transaction support apparatus
    Patent number: 6108632
    Abstract: A transaction support apparatus is used by one or more human transaction operators, each provided with a telephone. It includes a speech recognition device having: a speech input coupled to receive a speech signal input to a telephone by a transactiob operator, a speech recognition processor arranged to recognize predetermined transaction parameters within the speech signal; and a parameter output at which the speech recognition device is arranged to make values of the parameters thus recognized available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Anthony Andrew Reeder, Kim James Fisher, Michael Anthony Gell, Laurence Daniel Bradley